Lunar Alternatives

Lunar is described as 'Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Lunar for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, openSUSE and Python apps. The best Lunar alternative is Twinkle Tray, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lunar are Dimly, Crisp - Monitor Control, MonitorControl and Monitorian.

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QuickShade
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A macOS app to quickly change the brightness of your Mac.
28 QuickShade alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Screen Dimmer
Platforms
Mac
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Lumino
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Lumino is a Mac utility that automatically controls the brightness of connected external displays based on ambient light. It uses the built-in light sensor of supported Macs and works with DDC/CI when available, with fallback options for displays that don’t fully support...
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Germany
EU
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TotalXDR
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TotalXDR is a macOS menubar app that removes the brightness limit of your MacBook Pro display and keeps XDR/HDR brightness always on.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Platforms
Mac
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Simple Screen Brightness Adjuster
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Simple Screen Brightness is a small portable application written in C# that allows you to adjust the brightness for all of your connected monitors using a slider without having to use their difficult-to-use built-in menu systems.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Windows
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Brisync
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Synchronize your external monitor brightness with built-in display. Application reads current brightness of your built-in display and passes it to external monitors via DDC interface. You can adjust brightness by menu in system status bar.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Mac
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Candela
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A macOS menu bar app that protects your displays from OLED burn-in and wear: panel health history, a checkup for defects, and the everyday brightness, volume, and scaling controls macOS leaves out.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Mac
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Solar Screen Brightness
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Changes monitor brightness based on sunrise/sunset times.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (LGPL-3.0)
Platforms
Windows
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JoyScreen
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Focus view, extra brightness, ambient glow, and keep awake — all from your menu bar. JoyScreen transforms how you use your Mac.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Origin
Poland
EU
Platforms
Mac
Poland
EU
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monitorcontrol (Python)
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Python monitor control using the VESA Monitor Control Command Set (MCCS) over the Display Data Channel Command Interface Standard (DDC-CI).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Windows
Linux
Python
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BrightXDR
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Free and Open Source alternative to Vivid macOS application to extend Apple XDR display brightness from 500 up to 1600 nits.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Mac
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